Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".

In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.

A cease-fire agreement between Israel and terrorist group Hamas began Sunday with the release of three Israeli hostages, in exchange for some 90 Palestinian prisoners in.

Officials of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency meet “routinely” with Lebanese and Gazan terror groups, “mutually praise each other for ‘cooperation’ and describe each other as

Sunday marked the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas, ending a 15-month-long conflict that has enraged the Middle East and destroyed the Gaza Strip, reported news agency Re

Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, welcomed the official start of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and expressed his support for this practical step.

Emily Damari is one of three women released, the first of 33 hostages due to be let go under the terms of the ceasefire

The second and third phases of the Biden plan still have to be negotiated. That involves a long-term end to the conflict, the release of remaining hostages – those still alive and the remains of those who have died – and the start of the reconstruction of Gaza.

A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.

Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".